Ashton Newsom Places 13th At Firestone

October 08, 2013
By ODU Athletics

AKRON, OHIO—ODU sophomore golfer Ashton Newsom (Chesapeake, VA.) tied for 13th and junior Jamison Randall 24th to lead the Monarchs to a 12th place finish at the Firestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club. ODU finished the 54 hole event at 889.

Newsom shot 74-73-71=218, while Jamison Randall was 72-76-72=220. Stuart Grehan of Eastern Michigan won the individual medalist honors after shooting 73-67-67 for nine under 207, three strokes ahead of Carr Vernan of Akron. USC Aiken won the tournament by two strokes over Washington State.

Newsom finished 5th in par 3 scoring at 3.00, 13th in par 5 scoring at 4.58 (-5) and second in birdies with 14. Freshman Thomas Henderson (Sterling, MA.) tied for fifth in total pars with 36.

ODU returns to action, Oct. 20-22 in its ODU/Outerbanks Tournament at the Kilmarlic Golf Course in Powell’s Point, NC.